Purdue picked to win Big Ten
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My lack of response showed that I don't give a rats arse whether anyone believes Purdue has been better than KY or not.
We're happy you loosiers finally have something to crow about. Even if it is football in a basketball state.
But hey, we get it. LOVE the one you're with!
Verbal attacks, meaning racial slurs, mocking special needs sisters of players, and calling a mom who is in the stands a c***. I guess that is OK with you?
I just read a report that 3 players were dismissed from IU's team for "verbal abuse".
And this is why IU is considered among the worst fanbases. "But everyone else does it!"
Okay.. then name a school where 18-22 year olds don’t say stupid stuff out loud.
West Point.
But more to the point, there is "saying stupid stuff" and then there are the things that come from the hilljacks at assembly mall.
They are literally justifying racism as "just stupid things kids say" when they forget that it's coming from the "adults" there too.
It's a different culture at IU. Most 18-22 year olds don't, en mass, chant the kinds of things I mentioned. They don't do it at Purdue. We have even had IU fans come here and blame it on the fact that many IU students come from east coast cities. Maybe. But the fact that you guys are excusing it shows that it goes deeper than this.
You are supporting my point. Because they get into trouble, they don't do it. It's a different culture. At IU, the culture is "everyone does it", even when they don't.
Yeah… those “Purdue sux” cheers that everyone does at every IU game, even when not playing Purdue are really offensi…. Ahhh, never mind.
This is really devolved into “I know you are but what am I” territory.
So I’ll leave it there and stay out of the fray starting… now.
Yea apparently only college kids at IU say stuff lol. I couldn't imagine being that biased and naive.
Anyways... Purdue was picked to win the Big Ten. So no one can act like Purdue(with the best player in the league) is an underdog going into the season.
Are saying that the IU sux yell is the same as mocking a special needs girl? Hmm. That is a perspective I hadn't considered.
bRAd UNdeRWOoD tho has the most b1g wins in the last 4 years (but only 4 years, if you use any other years it’s Painter)
Underwood is a good coach. Illinois will definitely have a shot I think. Indiana, Purdue, Illinois,
He’s been to the second weekend once in his career. Let’s see if he can do it again. He should with that talent.
Yea but that's also the beauty of the NCAA Tourney right? Sometimes the unthinkable happens.
Underwood's last five years at IL have been impressive, at least in the regular season. Their team is so new that I have now idea what to make of them but yes, going into the season I'd expect them to be in the hunt in conference play.
IU has a decent brand, but it is no where near what was 30 years ago. The big NIL donors are still there, however, and that is their biggest advantage.
Purdue’s brand has steadily been on the rise in the past decade and now is probably as strong as it’s ever been. The changing landscape of college basketball presents challenges to Painter’s more old school approach, but I love where the program sits right now.
We are starting to see the “brand” doesn’t have that much pull, even if NIL donors can bring $$$ to the table. Rumor is IU had the highest offer to Reibe, but he still went to UConn. Rumors of exact same thing goin to happen with Mullins.
UConn is a massive brand too, especially coming off back to back national championships. UConn is on the top of the world at the moment. I'm not going to blame any kid for going there. They've got something working right.
Yup. They have the coach, the development, the culture, and the recent winning of 5 nattys in the past 25 years. They have replaced IU in the blue blood discussion and kids have taken notice. Woody has been a damn good recruiter for UConn.
There's no 'too' there, IMO. IU has a good national brand but it's nowhere near UConn, Kansas, UNC, and Duke at this point.
Painter and Purdue have a great reputation at this point with people who 'know', but are still a tier below IU, MSU, UCLA, etc. in terms of overall 'brand'.
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